Biology:Staphyleaceae

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Short description: Family of flowering plants

Staphyleaceae
Staphylea colchica.jpg
Staphylea colchica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Crossosomatales
Family: Staphyleaceae
(DC.) Lindl.

Staphyleaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, native to Europe, temperate and tropical Asia and the Americas. The largest genus Staphylea, which gives the family its name, contains the "bladdernut" trees. The family includes three genera with more than 40 known species.[1][2]

Genera

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[1]

Excluded genera

These two genera, formerly placed here, are now included in the Tapisciaceae (Huerteales) as of the APG III system (2009).[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q157386 entry